Photo Copyright BBC Films
Blogged about the gorgeous romantic comedy Imagine Me & You over at Romantic Film Locations.
Archive for June, 2009
At RFL: Imagine Me and You
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Men Take Note: Chicks Dig HBO’s Band of Brothers
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Perhaps something to do with a uniformed Damian Lewis? Photo copyright HBO.
One movie/mini-series that I cannot turn off if I happen across it on tv is Band of Brothers
I don’t know. They just got me. Them being Mssrs. Spielberg and Hanks. With their English actors doing awesome American accents and their American actors doing awesome American accents, their interviews with the real life members of Easy Company, their outstanding storytelling, their pull-no-punches Bastogne episode… oh I get so nerdy for Band of Brothers. { yep, got the soundtrack }
Since today is Father’s Day, the History channel has being doing a BoB marathon and I’ve been watching. Glued to the sofa instead of doing laundry or going to the grocery store or experiencing sunlight…
Hope you had a good day too!
California Governor’s Mansion
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
I had planned to shock you all by updating the Sacramento Historic House website with a few more houses… including the Governor’s Mansion. However, I find that the site is seriously in need of a redesign and I’m not ready to work on that today. So here’s what I was going to put up:
The Governor’s Mansion was orginally the Gallatin mansion, named for the original owners Albert and Clemenza Gallatin who hired famed architect Nathaniel Goodell to build the house in 1877. Goodell was also responsible for the gorgeous Heilbron and Mesick houses. Albert Gallatin was one of the partners in Huntington & Hopkins & Company, a hardware store orginally located on K Street but torn down to make way for I5. The store was rebuilt in Old Sacramento in the 1970s as a replica.
The Governor’s Mansion has been home to many illustrious state Governors, including the Warrens and the Browns. It used to be that you could see the old fashioned tub where someone (supposedly Kathleen Brown) painted red toenails on the claw feet… not sure if you still can.
Copyright SAMCC
Meet Me on the Terrace of Hotel Raphael, Paris
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Copyright Hotel Raphael.
Right now I can think of nothing more glorious than a sunset glass of champagne on this terrace. Found via http://www.raphael-hotel.com/fr/galerie.htm and originally http://lepetitparistours.blogspot.com/.
Happy daydreaming!
Open Letter of Apology to Mr. Rick Springfield
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Dear Rick,
When I was 10 years old (I know but keep reading), my slightly older cousin and next door neighbor and I went to see your concert. My Mom took us (she’s the best) and we were pretty damn excited as you might imagine young girls would be. Long story short, at one point during the concert, you had quieted the crowd to talk about the next song you were going to play and my cousin decided we should yell We Love You Rick! as loud as we could. So we did. And we were greeted by a few “Shut the hell up”s from the crowd around us (rightly so).
In our defense, we couldn’t hear what you were saying and pretty much couldn’t see you through the standing adults around us, but I did realize later that you may have quieted the crowd to talk about a family member that had passed away. So for some reason, and maybe this is just my natural tendancy towards drama and anxiety… I have felt bad about this event ever since.
Anyway, I apologize.
I better go now. Got letters to Simon Le Bon and Sting to pen. (Just kidding.)
Take good care,
~Tracy
p.s. No, this is not part of a 12 step program.
You’ve Got Mail – Meg’s Apartment
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Awhile back, I mentioned the top 10 movie interiors that made me sit up and take notice. One of them is Meg Ryan’s apartment in You’ve Got Mail. There’s just something about that apartment. Maybe it’s because the movie makes you feel good and therefore seeing the heroine’s living space is merely an extension of those feelings. I don’t know. I just like it. I like the white and sunny yellows, the perky florals, the shelves crammed with books, the old piano, the light and let’s face it… the semi-virginal promise of youth. I mean come on – it really is a bit girly girl.
I’m including some screenshots to jog your memory. Hooked On Houses does a much better job at film interiors, but she hasn’t done this one yet (as far as I know). Enjoy!
